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S32520 Stainless Steel vs. S38815 Stainless Steel

Both S32520 stainless steel and S38815 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S32520 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S38815 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
74
Shear Strength, MPa 560
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 630
290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
370
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 41
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 960
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
13 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 2.0
0.75 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 66.8
56.1 to 67
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0.75 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 8.0
13 to 17
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.35
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
5.5 to 6.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.020